The Daily Journal

Sorry that it has been a while it has been a mix of a thesis, symposium, documentation, developments, pretty much a whirlwind of adventures but I wanted to let you know that my Thesis (for now) and my time as a graduate student in the MFA…

Overview We are designing a new composting system and user flow for the Union Square Location in New York City. This new process aims to simplify the composting for people who currently participate in composting as well as developing a set of incentives to promote continued efforts as well as getting new participants. Presentation Link ROLE - Designer | CATEGORY - 3D Modeling + Sketch | TIME - 3 Week Problem & Solution Living in New York City this past year has given a unique insight into the various problems and difficulties that come about in living in this metropolis vs. the small shady suburbs of Bethesda or the open...

ROLE - Designer | CATEGORY - Physical Computing + Arduino Code | TIME - 2 Week Project Review Welcome Back to lesson lab of Parsons Physical Computing Class. So over the last two weeks we developed our abilities and knowledge surrounding Serial information and using it with other systems (web, processing, raspberry pi). While not my only class involving this serial communication testing projects for more testing with it. As you can guess like all these previous projects it was a douse. As coding continued to progress, I.E figuring out the actual using of this data. Luckily sending the information was fairly simple with the thanks of the T.A...

ROLE - Designer & Developer | CATEGORY - Web + API Data + Illustration | TIME - 2 Weeks & Weekends See the Pen gPLrNQ by David Utt (@davidutt36) on CodePen. Project Review A fun project to test my development abilities. For this piece I wanted to create a single page web project to help get some daily inspiration for both myself and others, as I know how hard that can be to find in ones life. I was inspired by the old adage/characterization of this with the light bulb appearing over someones head but in a digital form. A small test for both my animation, illustration and...

Looking at this with the hindsight of 20/20 vision, Oh boy is the only thing that comes to me. This one certainly did one more up’s and down’s then a roller coaster. Looking at the project with a fresh set of eyes after a fair nap, I know that this is far from one of my best works, however it is one that I feel gives me most to reflect on and learned from. Successes & Lessons Learned A proper & complex system architecture Research, Research, Research A better understanding of designing in the IRL Trying something not existing yet...